MATURITY IN A RELATIONSHIP

Maturity is not age. It is the ability to do the right thing at the right time and at the right place. It is the ability to think wisely. Maturity is needed to make a relationship last.

The reason there are many breakups is due to either lack of maturity of the two partners or lack of maturity of one of the partners.

Maturity in a relationship includes the following:

• Maturity is the ability to tolerate your partner. A mature person ignores some bad characters of his/her partner. Nobody is perfect. Overlook some minor behaviours of your partner. A mature person does not quit a relationship over a slight provocation.

• Maturity is the ability to control your anger. A mature person does not react instantly to an anger. Any decision you take when angry can be very dangerous. Calm down. Allow youranger cool down before you act. This is maturity.

• Maturity is the ability to open to your partner and express your feelings whenever he/she offends you. Keeping malice or grudges does not portray any sense of maturity.

• Maturity is the ability to forgive your partner when he/she offends you and apologises. Let us apply this to our relationship. It will help to ensure that we have a happy relationship.